Reese Witherspoon and Delia Owens on "Where the Crawdads Sing"

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Delia Owens' debut novel, which has spent 166 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list, was plucked from obscurity by Reese Witherspoon when the Hollywood star enthusiastically added the story of a Southern girl raising herself in the marshes of North Carolina to her Hello Sunshine Book Club. Now she's produced an adaptation of "Crawdads," one of the most eagerly-anticipated movies of the year. Owens and Witherspoon - two tomboys from the South who bonded almost immediately - talk with correspondent Lee Cowan.
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@warmcozy Жыл бұрын

My favorite thing about the book “Where the Crawdads Sing” is that the marsh felt to me like a character in the story rather than the setting. The sentence, “The marsh became her mother,” really resonated for me insofar as providing a window into Kya’s character.

@miker.9138 Жыл бұрын

My favorite thing is when the author's husband and and son allegedly murdered people in another country and she wrote about it in one of her novels as "fiction".

@ElizaKris Жыл бұрын

@@miker.9138 she doesn’t have a son. And you mean the poacher’s death that her ex husband is wanted in questioning for?

@ElizaKris Жыл бұрын

@@miker.9138 a poacher. Hmmm

@miker.9138 Жыл бұрын

@@ElizaKris She's an alleged murderer. Hmm.

@plemery64 Жыл бұрын

This is a beautiful thought. I felt like that as well, although you phrased it so beautifully. I somehow think that in the story, Kya feels the same way. Nature is the main character in her life.

@RHTeebs Жыл бұрын

I work at a public library. I swear, this book is put on hold more often than any other book in the library.

@JulieGraceImmink Жыл бұрын

U know it's terrible 😉

@aylink54 Жыл бұрын

Why though??? Can anybody explain why people love this book??? It’s literally 300 pages of nothing! It has no plot!

@NanaJana4cozygames Жыл бұрын

@@aylink54 I can't speak for anyone else but I found it to be a character driven story. The characters are so very real to me. Also, I tend to be drawn to stories that take place in the south (being from southeast Mississippi)

@ameenahatim Жыл бұрын

@TahoeGoddess 🤣 well said 👏👏

@cameron8619 5 ай бұрын

⁠@@aylink54life of a girl abandoned by her family in the marsh. and a third act court case that’s all wrapped up in a philosophical statement about life and good and evil. Very straightforward plot rich with meaning. what were you expecting? zombies?

@karengilburg3196 Жыл бұрын

I just finished this book! The best book I’ve read in a long long time! So well written, kept me awake all hours of the night! Definitely a page turner! Never expected the ending! Brava!

@jojomakes Жыл бұрын

It's amazing how certain things are promoted and certain things aren't. This book has been on the NYT best sellers list for so long and I've literally never heard of it until now.

@t0dd000 Жыл бұрын

We all miss the occasional sensation, I suppose. This book was a massive hit.

@thebrothaj Жыл бұрын

“now don’t say that, you don’t know…” it’s always cute to hear when tennessee really comes out in reese!

@valerieunger211 Жыл бұрын

I’ve been an avid reader my whole life and this book is in my top 5! I think I need to read it again!

@MrsCrazyrange Жыл бұрын

Have you read Still Life by Sarah Winman?

@AnnaMGayle Жыл бұрын

What are the titles of you other favorites??

@billcummins9579 Жыл бұрын

I have read it twice and will probably read it again...soon

@lakishja Жыл бұрын

Same here !!

@jerinehartsch1562 Жыл бұрын

I am also 73 and this is the only book I have read twice! It's that good! I am so excited that Delia is writing another.

@LMNevada Жыл бұрын

“Girl of the Limberlost” by Jean Stratton Porter 1909 is a charming. and very similar story. She was also a naturalist. Very interesting.

@seinfeldchik Жыл бұрын

Yes, I agree. WonderWorks made a film of that book in the 80s.

@kellybanik4319 Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite books. Jean Stratton Porter should be put on reading list. She was highly underrated.

@bgknowable Жыл бұрын

Wow, totally forgot that gem. thanks for the reminder.

@warmcozy Жыл бұрын

@L M - After reading your comment, I plan to read “Girl of the Limberlost” now. Thank you for the suggestion.

@kellyjacobson719 Жыл бұрын

I have every book ever written by Gene Stratton Porter. All first editions. I bought my first one when I was 11.

@paulameduri9470 Жыл бұрын

Outstanding work-writer Owens, producer Reese Witherspoon, and actress Daisy Edgar-Jones. Girl power👍

@Roy-G-Biv Жыл бұрын

When I read the book, I said this would make a great movie. Although, it will never be as good as the book.

@Grahamt978 Жыл бұрын

It never is!

@davidpaz9389 Жыл бұрын

A lot of novels are so expansive that a two hour film adaptation can't possibly touch on everything. Oddly enough one exception could have been *The Lilies of the Field.* It's less than 130 pages. Yet the film's ending was so far off from what the book's was that I was pretty disappointed. The best to hope for is that not too much is changed.

@auniversalwoman Жыл бұрын

This was one of the better movies I've seen recently. Made me cry. I was surprised by it.

@b.visconti1765 Жыл бұрын

I get so lonely sometimes I can't breathe..this is so true..I've been there..

@robinsutton4952 Жыл бұрын

Was the one book I never wanted to end. Was so enthralling. I hope the movie does it justice.

@shuffleaccount1985 Жыл бұрын

this book brought me to tears and gave me hope for the underdog

@m.w. Жыл бұрын

one of my most favourite books.....🙏📚 i expect a brilliant film.🎥

@leonardodalongisland Жыл бұрын

NEVER expect ANYTHING...especially a film to be as good as the book

@wonukchung 3 ай бұрын

Reese is my all time favorite ❤

@lalahaha5313 Жыл бұрын

I love Reese and Delia...thank you ladies for all your hard work. That being said, I kind of wish they'd filmed it in the area it was written about...and used a real "southern belle" as an actress. I think we all loved the book so much because we are truly alone in this world, even when we're surrounded by millions of people in a big city.

@MrsCrazyrange Жыл бұрын

Have you seen it?

@jatraveler1277 Жыл бұрын

they did film in a NWR in Louisiana. That helped me love that it was not filmed in NC.

@hananalafifi5738 Жыл бұрын

I wish if Delia wrote another novel, that she do it with zero pressure, she is at that important age when you should have a peace of mind So inspiring, success happened to her in 70 with first novel! so happy for her Will definitely buy the book soon, didn’t see the movie so very excited to read the book first ❤

@simoneserrao18 Жыл бұрын

Loved the book and can't wait for the movie ❤️

@lorettanericcio-bohlman567 Жыл бұрын

Because I loved the book I’m skeptical but love Reese Witherspoon

@amyreynolds3619 Жыл бұрын

@@lorettanericcio-bohlman567, I agree with you on that.

@meiagal Жыл бұрын

Beautiful story!! Can’t wait to see Daisy and the other actors career flourish! She is such a gentle person!

@thomasdecarlo8543 Жыл бұрын

Reese is a class act. She is a star and you really would not know it. She and Mila Kunis are much alike. Regular good people

@beverlyraymond5131 Жыл бұрын

One of the most phenomenal books I have ever read!❤️

@satarupagingerkolay Жыл бұрын

Deserves to spend 166 weeks. That book has some of the prettiest sentences I've read. The incorporation of natural facts into the fictional story was done really well. Absolutely remarkable.

@oham2223 Жыл бұрын

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@2024books Жыл бұрын

Have to read book

@oceandreamer1958 Жыл бұрын

This is one of my favorite books ever!

@ElizaKris Жыл бұрын

Phenomenal book. It gave me chills. They did great with the movie too

@briancoughlin6732 Жыл бұрын

Reese is so good with these types of settings

@anastasiabeaverhausen8220 Жыл бұрын

Something about british actresses that lends itself to playing southern ladies...Vivien Leigh, Angela Lansbury, Margaret Leighton, etc. They just sort of slow down their speaking patterns and hold on to those long vowels and it's honey for the ears. And Strathairn is one of our finest actors who should be celebrated as such.

@lizannewhitlow1085 Жыл бұрын

Manners too.

@zanethomas6865 Жыл бұрын

I went to school near Savannah, GA, and Kenneth Branagh's accent in The Gingerbread Man is about the closest I've ever heard from anyone. I think it's mainly because American actors get too into method acting while those across the pond focus on style and presentation. Like the old quip Sir Laurence Olivier said to Dustin Hoffman who ran 2-3 miles to appear out of breath on Mararhon Man, "My dear boy, why don't you try acting?"

@leonardodalongisland Жыл бұрын

Yes, those ladies did a good job, but there's 1,000 Actual American (southern) girls who could have-and should have gotten the role.

@dkdoodle Жыл бұрын

I loved her in Normal People. Can’t wait to see this.

@yvonneplant9434 Жыл бұрын

It's uncanny how those, otherwise trurle Brits, can imitate southern accents so well.

@beverlyhayshouston2770 Жыл бұрын

I drive from Southwest Tennessee into Mississippi and love to see the Crawdad houses in the ditches. I’ve seen more in 2022 than ever before. Got this book in the mail today. I was at work but cannot stop reading this masterpiece. Reminds me of Prince Of Tides by Pat Conroe.

@peacenow4456 Жыл бұрын

Can't wait to read it and see movie. She so deserves her new place...

@geniemedford9200 Жыл бұрын

Such a warm, gripping story. Delia Owens is such an interesting woman. What a life she has had and for her to weave a wonderful story like this is not all that surprising. Thank you for your heartfelt pieces of life...you feel it as you watch the film. Reese and her team do a fab job also! Loved it.

@marvinmartion1178 Жыл бұрын

This movie is one of the best movie’s I’ve seen in years! Highly recommend seeing it!

@everyonehasanopinion00000 Жыл бұрын

Delia owns seems like a lovely lady. I'm so glad she's had a best seller. I loved the book. I read it in two sittings (and did literally nothing else for two days - cereal for dinner, etc)

@cathynorris1946 Жыл бұрын

Some books are that good! 😁

@simply_boram8474 3 ай бұрын

I've just started reading this book today. Although I'm not a native English speaker, I was able to be immersed in the amazing story. I cried a lot after getting to know that the author wrote the story at the age of 70. The scene where Kya's mom left her family in a sudden brought me to imagination that the writer would really want to remember her mom because everyone has to lose a good or bad mom someday. Of course, the title came from the writer's mom. I eagerly expect to keep reading on.

@lonawhitten6854 Жыл бұрын

LOVE LOVE LOVE this book!!!!

@aprilhodge8461 Жыл бұрын

My best friend and I are going to see the movie this weekend, we would have went opening night but I was on vacation! I can’t wait to see it, I can’t wait for it to be the #1 movie and sell out higher than all other movies, and I can’t wait for Reese Witherspoon to continue producing her book club books because she has great taste in novels!

@tammysharp2155 Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite books of all time!!!! I have had my best friend, mom and all my doctors and nurses to read it☺️❤️

@liehash Жыл бұрын

I genuinely enjoyed this movie

@suzanneberkey3495 Жыл бұрын

I have faith in Delia ! I can't wait this week to see Where the Crawdads Sing !! Her stories will be GREAT !!!

@ladynature5 Жыл бұрын

The Movie Was Breath Taking ‼️🌻🦋❤️

@creativecrocheter Жыл бұрын

Beautiful, beautiful book! What a magical writer this beautiful lady is.

@leonhughes9014 Жыл бұрын

absolutely brilliant film!

@chrisfinch8637 Жыл бұрын

These ladies really know the definition of true and emotional acting, in a movie like this.

@judibarth7999 7 ай бұрын

LOVE IT 🙋🏼‍♀️💜💚

@javierlopeztapia5588 Жыл бұрын

I love the book, and I can’t wait to watch the movie!

@annefitz7346 Жыл бұрын

Same !!! I eat well though

@javierlopeztapia5588 Жыл бұрын

@@annefitz7346 whaat?

@annefitz7346 Жыл бұрын

Haha. I replied to Wrong comment.

@javierlopeztapia5588 Жыл бұрын

@@annefitz7346 😂 I was so confused!

@DrSleep-ep6cw Жыл бұрын

the creek that goes through my yard has crawdads that sing too, one night while doing blotter acid I heard them sing "Time" by Pink Floyd.

@georgiaadams3414 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful book, my best read ever

@snowytyler3793 Жыл бұрын

Omg I LOVE this book!

@BobbiTaylor624 Жыл бұрын

I can't wait for the movie!! The book was amazing!!

@jhowesgootube106 6 ай бұрын

One of the best books I have read. A hard one to put down.

@SmileCentral Жыл бұрын

Loved this book!

@lighthouse6748 Жыл бұрын

I love her humble natural spirit, there's a transparency about her that's refreshing. Beautiful sentiments, Delia Owens🍹

@francoisedandre3644 Жыл бұрын

Les écrevisses : un livre meilleur que tout ! Virtuose l'écrivain !

@AM-br4ix Жыл бұрын

Loved this book....and the movie was good too!!

@lynncelestin2546 Жыл бұрын

Can't wait to see!

@louisebotos7321 Жыл бұрын

The book is stunning, moving, poignant ,beautiful...and 😢

@joysharma5705 Жыл бұрын

Wowwww just beautiful thank u for your book movie and your beautiful spirit

@Hello_Pri Жыл бұрын

“Being alone nourishes her.” Me too ❤

@melindadouglas1673 Жыл бұрын

I’ve read the book and can’t wait to see the movie!

@michellebilodeau3882 Жыл бұрын

I've read it twice. I love it.

@annefitz7346 Жыл бұрын

My new favorite book. I just loved the writing and everything about it. Btw I could not have survived!

@gingerfeeley6849 Жыл бұрын

Just finished reading! Great book!

@augustseptember08 Жыл бұрын

The movie was so beautiful 😍

@lizmorcs Жыл бұрын

This movie should WIN an award. It's sooo good.

@teresarn1965 Жыл бұрын

Just this minute I finished this book…I couldn’t put it down. Awesome!

@adenahanson5637 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful interview about the building of personality and plot!! Think it will be a great film!

@cathynorris1946 Жыл бұрын

A good plot is a rare thing indeed!

@janeybakarbessy2330 Жыл бұрын

It’s a beautiful love, painful and sad story but I loved reading it.

@teresarandall2315 Жыл бұрын

My sister Jeanne gave me “Where the Crawdads Sing” to read, I loved the entire story.❤️Thank you Delia Owens.

@markaralvin7919 Жыл бұрын

Hello Teresa

@Kdiamondporter Жыл бұрын

Great interview. Wow! I just finished the book. I haven’t seen the movie yet.

@rworld5182 Жыл бұрын

One of my favourite book ever! Tbh i kinda stop reading book for a while.. But then two days ago I watch the movie, and it reminds me of how much feelings and excitement when I read the book, that it makes me start to read again 😆

@janicelilly1318 Жыл бұрын

That was real cool would like to see that thanks for sending

@geneencook700 Жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh! LOVE HER!

@markaralvin7919 Жыл бұрын

Hello Geneen

@Ash-vz2zu Жыл бұрын

I read this book back in 2019 after ignoring it for a while I saw it on Reese’s list and decided to give it try and boy little did I know I felt like I’d found gold 😂 I couldn’t put it down. When I finished it I felt terrible bc I knew nothing else was going to compare and so far it hasn’t. So leave me some recommendations please. 👇🏽🙏🏽

@jenh9361 Жыл бұрын

An ABSOLUTELY Charming Lady... Wow!!! Just Beautiful...

@kerotamahirome7869 Жыл бұрын

Just saw the movie and it was honesty the most beautiful thing I've ever seen like wow everything about the acting, the angel like visuals to the calmness of it was heavenly 10/10 for me I'll always remember the Marsh girl

@brandyreads Жыл бұрын

Great book, I read this recently and it’s something that resonated to me and I still think about, I’m hoping the movie did it justice and I can see it soon

@ginathompson1148 Жыл бұрын

She definitely Connected.. ❤️❤️❤️

@brendadelorespoole565 10 ай бұрын

Actually listening to the book on audio, right now and find it very intriguing.

@ediebaxter6194 Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a good movie. I haven't been to a movie in a long time. Awesome author and director.

@oham2223 Жыл бұрын

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@lizannewhitlow1085 Жыл бұрын

Isn’t she lovely!? Whoever cast David Strathairn in the film needs to get a raise, pronto! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@zanethomas6865 Жыл бұрын

Totally underrated actor worthy of more credit and acclaim than he gets. He can play good guys, bad guys, buffoons and wimps, tough guys and sensitive guys all perfectly.

@lizannewhitlow1085 Жыл бұрын

@@zanethomas6865 And he has that VOICE, the one I’d recognize anywhere.

@Tina-qp7py Жыл бұрын

I'm one of the few who do not love this book. I did enjoy the glimpses of the swamp and the main character's interaction with it but the thriller aspect just didn't mesh for me. But I will see the movie out of curiosity.

@thekeith-donovanexperience Жыл бұрын

I’m an extra in this movie!

@IntriguedLioness Жыл бұрын

I've been an extra few times.. it's always fun to either see yourself or the people you met that day! Enjoy!

@ohthelovelypoems Жыл бұрын

Awesome! How exciting for you and any other extras! Such a neat experience, would love to watch a movie being made.

@amyreynolds3619 Жыл бұрын

Great book. I'm sure it will be a great movie too.

@marywallace4086 Жыл бұрын

I have it on my Kindle and have read it. After reading the positive responses to it I'll have to read it again. I was a little bit let down, can't recall why - maybe at almost 82 my memory is not what it once was. I am interested now in reading Girl of the Linderlost, though it seems very short (69 pages) to someone used to reading much longer books.

@debaerseamer9319 Жыл бұрын

I felt the same about it.. Not a favorite at all..

@jasonluis8895 Жыл бұрын

Probably had your thinking cap on. That’s why you were let down

@zoeybatey8165 Жыл бұрын

Liked the book. Creeped out now that I know her and her family’s real back story though. She had some good source material for that plot.

@SoneBlink Жыл бұрын

She's so beautiful and talented.

@daren9942 Жыл бұрын

I just finished reading this wonderful book! It made me cry! 😭😭😭Like Reece Witherspoon said she didn't want the book to end!!!! 📗

@gracebollinger4610 Жыл бұрын

Hi Bill, thought I’d send this piece about the movie I keep promoting to you, and because it’s CBS Sunday Morning that did it. CBS Sunday Morning is a show that Tricia loved and introduced me to years ago. I loved it too, if it’s not something you watch already you might start. Hugs, hope your both doing well. Xx

@nancyromero413 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@TeeAreEff82 Жыл бұрын

Delia Owens and Where the Crawdads Sing were discussed on Twitter today, and not for good reasons. It’s interesting that CBS Sunday didn’t touch on the controversy, even if she’s innocent and has no knowledge of that man’s death.

@kennethcrosby8190 Жыл бұрын

I agree. It’s a serious matter that should have been touched on.

@Bringos76 Жыл бұрын

I agree. I wonder if the movie was produced by the same company that owns CBS Sunday.

@barbiesalessa1 Жыл бұрын

Hope this movie brings attention to the location it was filmed at (Houma, Louisiana) Weeks after they stopped filming Houma, Louisiana was devastated by a hurricane and still haven't recovered over a year ago.

@ebybeehoney Жыл бұрын

- I had a mission trip there after Hurricane Andrew in the 90s. It was a wonderful place with great people.

@michelleb7399 Жыл бұрын

When I was young, the V.C. Andrews books were popular. One of the series began with a girl from some small place in Louisiana around Houma, I think. I’ve been intrigued about the region and its people ever since reading that in around 1990.

@mindtheprivacy Жыл бұрын

I go to every movie is launched since theaters open, I almost always seat alone with a few other people. Except when Spiderman Multiverse, Redeeming Love, Top Gun and Where the Crawdads Sing. People where clapping at the end (this last phenomenon I have seen after the pandemic).

@TheINFJChannel Жыл бұрын

If you're with a few people, you're not alone 🤔

@dejiadeleye5697 Жыл бұрын

She seems like a lovely person.

@leanordials8008 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Delia. ♡

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@OldBluesChapterandVerse Жыл бұрын

The controversy surrounding this book and Owens’s past is enough to make me never want to read it or see its film.

@80bbygrl Жыл бұрын

Isn't that Shack the same one that they used in the movie Nell?

@drewconway7135 Жыл бұрын

The British girl playing Kya doesn’t sound like someone raised in the rural South

@IntriguedLioness Жыл бұрын

Brit born but spending most of my life in the US I have noticed this. Especially southern England dialects can segway to deep south us. In fact, when I came to the us to go to school in Chicago I stuck out and had a few (kind) nicknames for my posh accent.. I immediately started mimicking accents and as one of my friends held from the deep south it took practically no time to cover my accent. Case in point ... it seems like half of the actors on the Georgia filmed Walking Dead (at least when I watched it in the beginning), were British or Australian. I also noted that many of our mannerisms, etiquette, meals Etc in Southern England also have so much in common with the south. To me it makes both even more charming when I note that connection!

@lizannewhitlow1085 Жыл бұрын

@@IntriguedLioness Manners! Likely what you meant in etiquette.

@MTknitter22 Жыл бұрын

But actually the author doesn’t sound like a Southern belle either. 😁😁

@aldrickbanks3455 Жыл бұрын

UK and us can really perfectly impersonate each other's accent.

@isabellavalencia8026 Жыл бұрын

What a perfectly lovely lady!

@fireballfitness170 Жыл бұрын

8:18... To write a story that connects us all.. What does Delia mean in this interview at the end when she says "there are a lot of crawdads out there."?

@daren9942 Жыл бұрын

Maybe she means there are tons of women who thrive in NATURE!

@IntriguedLioness Жыл бұрын

As a rule I only read nonfiction but there have been times of my life where I did read a novel based on someone's recommendation or even a New York Times fiction list. I have seen so many people, mostly women of course, with this book in hand on the subways or in a park etc. My curiosity was peaked and now seeing this piece even more so. Not sure if I want to read the book or see the movie first but it's on my list!

@leanordials8008 Жыл бұрын

Read now. Does not matter if you see the movie or not. It is that good.

@IntriguedLioness Жыл бұрын

@@leanordials8008 top of my list now!!